Gin I Were Whaur the Gadie Rins
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.147.A10
Original Tape ID
Summary
Fragments of a song about a woman who has twice been betrothed, only to lose each of her lovers in tragic circumstances. One lover was drowned in the River Dee, the other killed at the Lowrin Fair.
Item Notes
2 verses of 4 lines with chorus of 4 lines after verse 2 (with prompting).
'Lowrin' is a Scots form of 'Lawrence'; the Lowrin Fair was held at
Rayne in mid-August.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 6, pp. 413-416, no. 1223
'101 Scottish Songs' (N. Buchan, 1962) pp. 74-75
'Bothy Songs & Ballads' (J. Ord, 1930) pp. 347-348
'Kerr's Cornkisters' (W. Kemp & J. S. Kerr, 1950) pp. 63-64
'The Scottish Folksinger' (N. Buchan & P. Hall, 1973) pp. 80-81
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein & A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. X
'Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1977) pp. 174-175
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Village/Place - Gadie Burn
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair